Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-25
THAT MYsrERIous MuRpER.
The COroner's Inquest Fails to Develop
Any Clue to the Assassins.

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keep it profoundly secret. From presen
| appearances it looks altogether likely tina
the criminals will escape detection. They
| left nothing behind that would in the leas
serve as evidence, the body was not robbed
| aud as deceased was not known to hav,
any enemies the officers are stumped, anC
they, with the rest of the world, have com,
| to regard it as an unfathomable mystery
one that defies all solution.
Deputy Coroner George II. Clark held al
inquest Saturday, at which time the follow
ing evidence was ELECTED:
Mrs. Teresa Hoess, wife of the man who
was arrested on Friday, was the first wit
ness. Her testimony briefly stated was as
follows: Mr.. Mueller came to my house
with my husband, and took supper, and
wanted to get valise, so that he could &c
below. had not seen him for long time
before, although l knew him well. have
known Mr.. Klumpf (deceased) for about
ten years, and when he came down from
Folsom he generally called on me. have
been married three years to Hoess; knew
deceased in Folsom before my marriage.
| have lived here about two years. l did
not hear the pistol shot that night, and did
not know that Klumpf was killed till my
husband told me after the morning paper
came. Several persons visited my house
that evening, among them Mrs. Lagos and
Miss Lagos, with both of VIII om deceased
was acquainted. Mrs. Lagos and her daugh-
ter used to live in San Francisco. but now
live here. klumpf only stayed at my
house five minutes. When Klumpf came
to my house that evening he did not con-
verse further than to ask if Mueller was
there. l told him that he had gone up
town with my husband, and then he went
away.
]. R. Watson, the next witness, testified
to hearing the shot fired on Thursday even
ing, about 0 o'clock. Immediately after
there was a yell. My wife urged me not
to go out, as | started for the door. She
went to the back door shortly afterward,
and said she could not see nor hear any,
thing. She then came in and l went out,
when Sermonet's son came up to me and
told me that a man had been shot and was
now lying dead in the street. | got Ian
tern and went over to where the body Law,
and when looked at him l supposed he
had committed suicide We searched for
a pistol, but co lid find n )ne.
W. Cronan said be heard the shot and
saw the fash from where he was sitting
at Eighth and G streets-and remarked to
some companions that they had better in
yestigate, as it might be murder or sui
eide. 1--WE went up and found the corpse.
We saw nobody, neither did we hear any
one running away"
P. CASTOR, colored man, corroborated
the testimony of Cronan, and thought he
heard the deceased cry out, Hold on !"
just before the shot was fired. He did not
see any watch on Klumpf and thought his
overcoat was open.
Willie SermOnet, who was in company
with CASTOR and Cronan at the time, cor
roborated the testimony given by them.
J. c. G. Mueller, Folsom matchmaker,
was the next witness. He testified to COM
ing down to this city with deceased, Oh his
way to San Francisco to buy tools for his
jewelry store. We left Folsom at p.
NJ. and arrived here little before P. NJ.
He left me and went off to make some pur.
chases. l met Hoess at the Mechanics
store shortly after that, and when he got
through work we went to his house to-
gether and took supper. We sat there
talking after supper, and l told Hoess l
must go. He said he would walk down
with me to Deiterle's on Fifth street, be-
tween and X. We sat down in Falken-
STEMS saloon short time, when l said |
must go home, and Hoess said he must 90
also. After we went out we stood on the
sidewalk and talked, and while we were so
engaged the morgue wagon passed. Hoess
said that was q queer looking wagon, and
told him that was the one in which they
took dead bodies to the undertaker's.
Hoess left me shortly after that and l went
home. l did not learn of Klumpfs death
till l was on the cars going to San Fran
cisco. know of nothing which would in
duce Klumpf to go to Hoess' and hunt me
up, as we had no engagement and l had no
business with him. 1t was common rumor
in EolSppo Gonna five voars aoo (hafora ba
married Hoess) that Klumpf and Mrs.
Hoess were unduly intimate. When Hoess
and left his house there was some men,
ton made of burglars. Hoess left me
about 8 o'clock, after the dead wagon had
passed us, going up. Hoess did not leave
my company all the evening, until we
babe each other good night.
George Johnson, the next witness,
knew nothing of the killing. and was not
acquainted with the deceased. He picked
up any empty shell of q cartridge near the
railroad track, which he had turned over to
the police.
Police officer R. S. Frazee said he found
a car coupling-pin near where the body
was found. He also saw evidences of par
ties having been sitting on the grass, and
on the north side of the alley saw evidences
of a scuffie having taken place. and signs
in the dirt, which led him to suppose the
coupling-pin had been dragged a short dis
lance from where it was found Also saw
footprints in the earth in the locality, as if
they had been made by parties running
from the body.
The proprietor OF the new William Tell
House, B. Steinauer, testified as to deceased
having came to his place on Thursday, and
said be saw Klumpf sitting in the hotel Of
fee as late rs half-past eight that evening.
He was in excellent spirits. Whef he
went out he said be was going to find
Mueller, and see if he was going back home
to Folsom with him in the morning. He
did not say where he was going to look for
Mueller. The witness said he was positive
Klumpf ate dinner in his house between u
and l o'clock.
Chief Dillman testified to having seen
the wagon drive up to the morgue, and
saw the Coroner taking in the body. He
investigated the matter and found that
klumpf had been murdered on Eighth
street, between E and F. He stated that
Miss Florence Starchman, who resides near
ID on Eighth street, mad informed him that
she saw two men running from the direc-
ton of the murder towards the levee inn
mediately after the shot was fired.
Frank Hoess, who had been arrested on
suspicion of having committed the bloody
CeSu, WAS tue next Witness. lie SAID he
had known deceased for ten or twelve
years, and he was a visitor at his house.
lie did not see Klumpf on Thursday last.
He then corroborated the story told by
Mueller, even to the minutest detail He
did not hear of Klumpfs death till the
next morning, but as he went home they
were putting body in the dead wagon.
He asked Mr.. Watson who deceased was
but he said he did not know.
A few other unimportant witnesses were
put upon the stand, after which the jury
retired and brought in verdict that de.
| ceased was native of Germany, 80 year:
of age, and that he came 10 his death in
consequence of a gunshot wound inflicted
by some person to the jury unknown.
At the conclusion of the inquest both
Hoess and Mueller were discharged from
custody.
Military Shots.
The members of COMPANY G. First Artil
lery Regiment. are paying more attention
to target practice than any other company